Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with was or were.

1 We ________ the champions last year.

2 Where is James? He ________ here just now.
3 Mom and Dad ________ on vacation last week.
4 The weather ________ fine this morning.
5 There ________ a lot of people at our party yesterday.
6 There ________ a small lake here many years ago.
7 He ________ sick yesterday.
8 Don’t blame him. It ________ my mistake.

Exercise 2
When Miss May walked into the class what were the
children doing? Fill in the blanks with the correct past
progressive tense of the verbs in brackets.

1 James ______________ to Peter. (talk)

2 Sue ______________ a storybook. (read)
3 Rudy ______________ the chalkboard. (erase)
4 David ______________ his math exercise. (do)
5 Peter ______________ Joe his new watch. (show)
6 Jane ______________ a horse in her notebook. (draw)
7 Ahmad ______________ for his pencil. (look)
8 Some children ______________ a lot of noise. (make)

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